Newport News/Williamsburg, VA

What the Data Says About PHF

Newport News/Williamsburg, VA in Newport News/Williamsburg, Virginia handled 4,730 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 88.1% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 562 experienced delays, 85 were cancelled, and 2 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.80%, the diversion rate to 0.04%, and the average delay when departures run late is 89.2 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing PHF against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at PHF, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 43.7% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 30.7% and Weather at 15.2%. Weather contributes 15.2% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.0%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at PHF with a 97.7% on-time rate, while June is the roughest at 90.2% — a 8-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in March, when average flights hit 192. The busiest route from PHF is to CLT (Charlotte), with 1,896 flights at a 88.6% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 88.1% on-time, 89.2-minute average delay, 1.80% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Newport News/Williamsburg, VA.